Carbonization
Carbonization is a thermo-chemical process that allows to transform structured molecules of wood and cellulose products into coal (wood coal or vegetal coal). Carbonization is obtained through the elimination of water and volatile substances from the vegetal matter, due to the action of heat in charcoal pile (cone-shaped wood piles, covered with earth, with a central outlet channel (chimney), where a slow wood combustion takes place, turning the wood into coal). Carbonization occurs outdoors, or in long and curved-neck containers, with a flask shape, that offer a higher coal yield.
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